Hugh de Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon

Hugh de Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon (12 July 1303-2 May 1377) was an English nobleman who was Earl of Devon from 1340 to 1377, succeeding Hugh de Courtenay and preceding Edward Courtenay.

Biography
Hugh de Courtenay was born in 1303, the son of Hugh de Courtenay. He succeeded to the Earldom of Devon on the death of his father in 1340, and he was made a knight banneret in 1327 and served alongside his father at the 1333 Battle of Halidon Hill. Hugh the younger became a Member of Parliament in 1337 and served alongside his father in repelling a French invasion of Cornwall in 1339. In 1340, he inherited the Earldom from his father, and, in 1342, he joined King Edward III of England's expedition to Brittany. Courtenay blocked the French escape route at the 1356 Battle of Poitiers, and he retired with a full pension from the King shortly after. He died at Exeter in 1377.